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.TH qdisable 8B "6 May 2020" Local "PBS Professional"
.SH NAME
.B qdisable 
- prevent a queue from accepting jobs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B qdisable 
<destination> [<destination> ...]
.br
.B qdisable
--version
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B qdisable
command prevents a queue from accepting batch jobs.  Sets the value of 
the queue's 
.I enabled
attribute to
.I False.
If the command is accepted, the queue no longer accepts
.I "Queue Job"
requests.  Jobs already in the queue continue to be processed.  You
can use this to drain a queue of jobs.

.B Required Permission
.br
In order to execute 
.B qdisable, 
the user must have PBS Operator or Manager privilege.

.SH OPTIONS
.IP "--version" 8
The 
.B qdisable
command returns its PBS version information and exits.
This option can only be used alone.

.SH  OPERANDS
The qdisable command accepts one or more space-separated
.I destination
operands.  The operands take any of the following forms:

.I <queue name>
.IP " " 8
Prevents specified queue at default server from accepting jobs.
.LP
.I @<server name>
.IP " " 8
Prevents all queues at specified server from accepting jobs.
.LP
.I <queue name>@<server name>
.IP " " 8
Prevents specified queue at specified server from accepting jobs.
.LP
To prevent all queues at the default server from accepting jobs, 
use the 
.B qmgr 
command:
.br
.B \ \ \ Qmgr: set queue @default enabled=false

.SH STANDARD ERROR
The 
.B qdisable
command writes a diagnostic message to standard error for
each error occurrence.

.SH EXIT STATUS
.IP Zero 8
Upon successful processing of all the operands
.IP "Greater than zero" 8
If the 
.B qdisable 
command fails to process any operand

.SH SEE ALSO
pbs_server(8B), qmgr(8B), and qenable(8B)
